Researchers in the Greater Mekong area of South-East Asia also found a tiger-striped pitviper, a new wild banana and, even rarer, two new types of mammal, a report for the wildlife charity WWF says.
However, conservationists fear that the discoveries, many of which are unique to small areas of jungle, river or mountains, are under threat from destructive development and climate change.
The most colourful of the finds is the Cat Ba leopard gecko, described as “a creature that appears to be from another world”. Large, dark orange eyes are set in a head decorated with a marble pattern, while its body is covered with leopard-like swirls, which scientists believe may provide camouflage in the forest. The rare gecko, confined to one small island in northern Vietnam, is already thought to be endangered.
A fanged frog, confined to three remote forest sites in Thailand, waits for its prey in streams, pouncing on insects and other frogs. But researchers have found feathers in the frog’s faeces, proving that it eats small birds as well. Male frogs also use their fangs to fight other males, sometimes tearing off limbs.
More timid is the Nonggang babbler, a bird found only in one nature reserve on the border of Vietnam and China..........................
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/s ... 849508.ece
Oooo A Nongang Babbler........
The species in my avatar, 
